Frump

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A girl or woman regarded as dull, plain, or unfashionable.
  • n. A person regarded as colorless and primly sedate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.
  • n. The clothes that such a person would wear.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub.
  • n. A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct; a gibe or flout.
  • n. A cross, old-fashioned person; esp., an old woman; a gossip.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To be rude to; insult; snub; rebuke.
  • To fabricate or patch up (a tale).
  • To be rude.
  • To go about gossiping.
  • To complain without cause.
  • n. A taunt; a jeer; a flout; a snub.
  • n. A lie.
  • n. A dowdy woman or girl, particularly when also cross or ill-tempered; a hag.
  • n. A gossip.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Form
    frumpy    frumpish   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    insult    flout    mock    snub    gossip   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hump    Trump    bump    chump    clump    crump    dump    grump    gump    hump   
    Same Context
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